A plume of hot rocks that burst forth from the Earth's mantle millions of years ago helped forge a land bridge that connected Asia and Africa for the first time. Credit: Alisha Steinberger / The ...

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They lived during the Cretaceous period, between 145 and 66 million years ago. What makes them especially fascinating is their unique jaw structure: instead of moving side to side like modern ants ...

“The two sources of water which formed the continental crust rocks – one from the volcanic rocks themselves and, more surprisingly, also from deep within the Earth – fueled a chain reaction of melting ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members ... "It's been played for over 1,500 years, which is just amazing.

She'd seen them before, on bones that were butchered with stone tools about 1.8 million years ago, from a site called Dmanisi in Georgia. These were cut marks made by a human ancestor wielding a ...

The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, crawling underfoot among dinosaurs ... occurring in three continents over 20 million years,” says Sosiak, “so this new hell ant really ...

Merck & Co. said it expects to lose $200 million to already-announced tariffs in 2025 amid an escalating trade war between the US and China, where demand for its blockbuster Gardasil vaccine is ...